British push at Mont Pincon nears Loire as forces drive in France
The La Crosse Tribune reports an advance of four miles up the Orne near Mont Pincon, the farthest yet in the river campaign. British gains threaten to link with a southern thrust toward La Houssaie and Chateau-Gontier, with the right flank about 25 miles from the Loire. German offices shift toward Nancy as Montgomery’s staff cites 13 divisions eliminated and about 22 facing the Allied forces in France, signaling a critical period ahead.
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Mont Pincon
Orne
Caen
Genneval
la Houssaie
Chateau- Gontier
Loire River
France
Paris
Nancy
Switzer
Bernard L. Montgomery
Germany
Finns Urged to Forget Russia Weakness in Peace Policy
Stockholm dispatch recalls Dr Juho Paasikivi Finland's leader for peace with Russia saying Finns must count on a strong Russia and avoid opposing it. Risto von Mannerheim reportedly awaiting word from Helsinki to negotiate peace as Finland seeks stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Juho Paasikivi
Finland
Russia
von Mannerheim
Associated Press
Mannerheim
La Crosse Industrial Association Aids Local Firms
The La Crosse Industrial Association reports 34 years of activity totaling 260000 in aid to 19 local concerns with employment in the thousands. The group now holds assets of 69891.86 and has suffered losses totaling 35951.50 since inception in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Industries
la Crosse Industrial Association
Tribune
Industrial Association
P-38 pilot tops Mediterranean flyer scoring tied
Capt. Varnell of Charleston and Maj. Hersal S. of Mayfield, Ky, share top American flying honors in the Mediterranean theater with 17 humps. Varnell credits Capt. Andrews for the daring rescue of Lieut. Richard E. Willsie of Long Beach, Calif, who landed under enemy fire after his left engine was knocked out. Andrews airlifted Willsie to safety while ground crews watched in disbelief.
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A Varnell
Charleston
Maj
Hersal S
Mayfield
Varnell
Andrews
Richard E. Willsie
Long Beach
Calif
Willsie Rt
Willsie
Wisconsin election bidders clash over party loyalties
Norman Thomas deplored Daniel Hoan joining the Democratic ticket for Wisconsin governor near Milwaukee. Ralph Amoth urged reorganizing state motor vehicle and banking departments. Delbert Kenny promised highway funding from gasoline taxes. Harry Sauthoff attacked the Rumi tax plan. Alex Benz backed a comprehensive probe into transport and safety issues in northern and western Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Thomas
Malink’s Grove
Milwaukee
Daniel W. Hoan
Wisconsin
Hoan
Thomas
Ralph F. Amoth
Eau Claire
Rice Lake
Delbert J. Kenny
Harry Sauthoff
U. S
Southoff
Alex ©. Benz
Appleton
Medford
Benz
Wisconsin urged to grow its own clover seed for 1945
F W Burcalow of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture warns that Wisconsin faces a critical seed shortage for clover and alfalfa. He notes very little clover seed remains to carry over and almost no alfalfa seed varieties are available. The state has long relied on outside stocks, but 1945 seedings may have to be produced largely within Wisconsin to meet spring needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
F. W. Burcalow
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Burcalow
Tent store origin of McAlester grows into key city
A brief on McAlester Oklahoma tracing its rise from a tent store at a crossroads of Soo Trail and the Texas Road to becoming one of the region's important cities. It highlights early growth along Indian Territory routes and the town's development into a regional hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Okla
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Inventory Filed In Weselmann Estate At Calmar Iowa
Preliminary probate listing shows Henry Weselmann estate worth 204493 with debts around 20000. Stocks total 2439 shares led by Swift 1250 Libby 357 Armour 150 American Utilities 104. bonds total 145507. Real estate 29340 plus 9787 in bank and 6594 in equipment and livestock. Widow gets life estate. remainder to three children. Weselmann ran a Calmar sausage and meat business before his death May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weselmann
Calmar
Iowa
Verkins Twin Homemade Car Promises 65 MPG
Minneapolis reporter notes R H Verkins and son Wayne built the Verkins Twin at home for about 175 dollars. The two one horsepower engines power the 250 pound craft which achieves 65 miles per gallon and a top speed of 35 miles per hour, useful for wartime errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
R. H. Verkins
Northern Pump Company
Wayne
Verkins
Doctor recovers radium needles dumped in wastebasket
A physician Mrs. John T. Wahlquist directing wastepaper salvage reports four radium needles valued at 700 dollars were accidentally tossed. Using a radium locator borrowed from the University of Utah, salvage workers found the needles in a railroad box car after removing ten tons of paper. They recovered the needles in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
John T. Wahlquist
University of Utah
Cellophane Wrapper Helps Marine At Tarawa
Pfc. Robert V. McNamara, 20, wounded in Tarawa, used a cellophane cigarette pack wrapper to cup water from a damaged spigot after crawling under a fire truck. He recalled the sip as the best drink of his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Pfc
Robert V. McNamara
Tarawa
McNamara
Seabees Expand From 99 to 262000 Navy Engineers
The Seabees grew from an experimental group of 99 in October 1941 to 262000 by June 1944, evolving into a vital fighting engineering force for the Navy.
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Seabees
Navy
Tri-State Deaths Report from Wisconsin Obituaries
George D Maule 66 of Hixton dies at Krohn clinic after seven years of ill health. Julia Wiggin 76 of Albion dies at home after hip injury. Lloyd Van Dyke former La Farge Sparta resident dies in Springfield Illinois. Mrs Charley Gilbertson 72 of Pleasantville dies after brief illness. multiple survivors listed. Funeral details and burial notes provided.
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George D. Maule
Black River Falls
Wis
Krohn
Hixton
Matthew Maule
Scotland
Eliza Stuart
Ireland
Maule
Sara Mills
Elizabeth
William
K. D. Maule
Douseman
H. W. Maule
Milwaukee
Mmes
Ben Hagen
Agnes Rhead
E. A. Dirks
North Bend
Sechlerville
Jensen Funeral Home
Julia Wiggin
Keefe and Ness
Little Norway
Albion
Wiggin
Eman
Bernie
Myron
John
Peter O. Peterson
Ida Severson
Minnie Nanstad
Carrie Olson
Lloyd van Dyke
Sparta
la Farge
Springfield
Lanham’s Mortuary
E. E. Clarke
Mount Hope Cemetery
Edward Smith
Clyde Verlin
Marcella
Marvin
Delbert
Charley Gilbertson
Whitehall
Pleasantville
Hale
Pleasantville Lutheran Church
O. A. Hjemboe
Mary Olson
Gilbertson
Tamarack
Arcadia
Andrew
Helen Olson
Winona
Norway
Tamarack Lawn
Ayre
Clara
Oswald Froseth
Henry Olson
Iamarack
Hans
Clara) Anderson
Barron
Soldier sustains mouth burns from acid in beer at Sparta bar
SPARTA Wis Delton Sullivan a four month Army veteran with Co B 1263rd Engineers and his wife and two others were in the Won der Bar when he mixed carbolic acid with beer causing slight burns in his mouth. Mrs Sullivan seized the bottle and knocked some on her leg before he drank. He was rushed to St Marys hospital then to the station hospital at Camp McCoy for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Delton Sullivan
Wonder
Sullivan
Co. B
Part Time Workers Sought For Ice Plant Deliveries
People's Ice and Fuel Company seeks part time helpers to speed ice deliveries. Crews work long hours but shortages hinder timely service. The firm asked the war manpower commission for workers with a day off from other jobs and urged contact with the U. S. employment service office.
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People’s Ice and Fuel Company
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service Office
Leaves From A War Correspondent Notebook In France
Aef in France features Pvt. Marshall Miller of Greenville S C who saved 29 wounded under 14 hours of direct fire and led 13 others to safety with a Red Cross armband. Pvt Robert A Crockett of Neponset Ill earns honor for digging a foxhole trench to evade machine gun fire in Normandy.
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AEF
France
Marshall Miller
Greenville
S. C
Red Cross
Miller
Normandy
Robert A. Crockett
Neponsett
Ill
Crockett
School Fund Benefited By Egg Seizure
On May 26 Sheriff George Harns seized more than 2,000 cases of eggs from Meyer Klempf of Milwaukee at a Ridgeway Iowa freezing plant. The eggs were unregistered and mislabelled, unusable for consumption and destroyed totaling 61 500 dozen. District Judge T H Goheen ordered sale by sheriff for Winneshiek county school fund. Other defendants include Jake Klempf and S and K Packing Co of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Iowa Department of Agriculture
George Harns
Meyer Klempf
Milwaukee
Ridgeway
Iowa
Klempf
T. H. Goheen
Winneshiek County
Jake Klempf
S. and K. Packing Company
Missing Bolivian mine owner Mauricio Hochschild
Rich Bolivian miner Mauricio Hochschild, German born Argentine citizen and owner of Hochschild properties, vanished July 30 in La Paz with Adolfo Blum. Police and diplomats from four South American republics failed to find leads after seven abductors seized them near the Chilean consulate.
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Buenos Aires
Mauricio Hochschild
Hochschild
la Paz
Bolivia
Adolfo Blum
Chile
Blum
Gualberto Villarroel
First Canadian Army Formed In Field For First Time
In France on July 31 the first Canadian army separated from the British 2nd army and now serves as a distinct field formation under Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery and Gen. Eisenhower. Lieut. Gen. H. D. Crear commands the Canadian army, which can field two to five corps and has divisions ready.
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First Canadian Army
France
Dominion
Bernard Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
H. D. Crear
Italy
Canada
Olsen Family Letters From Far Flung Posts Reach Ettrick
Pfc Borge Olsen of an engineering regiment at Fort Shelby Mo visits his mother Mrs A K Olsen and sister Miss Erna Olsen in Ettrick Wis A brother Lieutenant Commander Axel Olsen MD serves with the navy on Saipan Corp Silas Gunderson writes his mother Mrs Josie Guderson that he is now in France
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THE
LA Crosse
Cross River
Rennes
Signal Corps
Lands
Pitzner
Dbs
U. S. Employment Service
Wace Corp
Helen B. Lloyd
Hartford, Conn
Europe
War Relocation Authority
Fort Ontario
Oswego
N. Y
Brittany
William Hurtig Fabove
Marinette, Wis
American Legion Auxiliary Department of
Schneider Heating & Air Conditioning Co
Solth
Thone
Norwich
Hal Boyle
Arthur G. Benson
Barc Weling
al Sareee
National
Aia
Wational
Fee Et Deyton
Ohio
the National Cash Register Company
3Rd Street
la Crosse, Wis
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